The
world is an open school and every person is a learner. That is because
education gives man an eye to knowledge, capable of identifying truth. The real
power also awakens our sleeping powers and provides them with the ability and
motivation to transform into action.
Thus,
in the opinion of Indian mystics, the first 25 years of our age are considered
suitable for education, but the wise say and believe that whenever and wherever
it is found, it should be accepted and appreciated. But today's Indian public
mind has understood this truth for a long time.
Due
to unawareness, there is still a lot of uneducated people among all the young
people here today, thus the importance and need of education is being well
understood.
Efforts
are being made to make the education and expansion of every village at all
levels, even literate and educated people of old age, a strong evidence of this
fact.
Preface
Education
is very important and necessary in human life. Uneducated people are always
unsuccessful in achieving the ultimate goal of life. Through education, a
person can understand his civilization, values and
be able to develop and protect it.
Education
is the key to success in life, which plays its important role in all areas of
social, political, economic and religious side.
Need
for Adult Education
Due
to non-proliferation of education in India, most Indians were illiterate. Only
those people were educated who had all the facilities. Most of the older people
lived their lives in some way or the other without being illiterate.
The
important reason for the lack of education in subordinate India was that
foreign persecution was not in favor of educating Indians, only those who were
enslaved to British rule and believed in them.
Consideration
for Adult Education
But
when India became independent from British rule, our leaders first paid special
attention to education and in 1948, Radhakrishna Commission was formed, which
made important suggestions for higher education.
Father
of the Nation Mahatma Gandhi also paid special attention to education. He was
of the opinion that if every educated person in India decides to make an illiterate
literate, illiteracy will be eradicated from India very soon.
Today,
many adult education programs are doing important work at the government and
non-government level. Prominent among them are Indian Adult Education
Association (Delhi), Vidha Mandir (Udaipur), Saakshar Niketan (Lucknow) and
Literacy House (Hyderabad).
Apart
from this, adult education programs are also being run in other cities of
India.
Meaning
of Adult Education
Adult
is a person who has remained illiterate due to lack of education during
childhood. In ancient times, writing and reading and teaching general knowledge
to such illiterate persons was considered the purpose of adult education.
But
in modern times, it is not just literacy to teach alphabets and teach simple
addition and subtraction.
Today,
special emphasis is being laid on practical education in adult education.
Practical education refers to the abilities by which individuals can gain
economic benefits and social education in practical life.
Adult
Education and Social Education
Adult
education will prove useful for us only when it is based on the process of
social development. Adult people are different from boys and girls, their
teaching method also differs from the teaching method of boys.
In
fact, in education, a backward country like India has an absolute need for
adult education. The government is making significant efforts in this
situation. Special importance is being given to adult education under the
national service schemes run by the government in the colleges.
Written
by – Ruchika Sinha
Edited by – Keerthana Lakshmi
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